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The Melanoma Education Foundation Presents An Evening with the Singing Trooper : Melanoma Education Foundation

April 1, 2019 |
Stephen Fine, Founder and President

The Melanoma Education Foundation will present An Evening with the Singing Trooper, a Benefit Concert in Memory of Keri McCarthytaking place at Anthony’s of Malden on April 27, 2019 featuring Dan Clark, the Singing Trooper.

Admission includes a full buffet dinner and 1 hour show. There will also be a live auction, 50:50 raffle and a wine pull. Individual tickets are $75; reserved tables of 10 are $700.

This event will be in memory of Keri McCarthy of Somerville who lost her life to Melanoma at 35 years old. Like

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7 Secrets to Perfect Muffins (+Recipes)

We’ve been working hard in our test kitchen to nail down the perfect all-purpose muffins recipe—and we’re so excited to share it with you!

These muffins turn out fluffy, sweet, and tender every single time, and maybe best of all, they are infinitely customizable. Want chocolate chip muffins? We’ve got that covered. Strawberries? Yup, those, too. Blueberries, apple cinnamon, lemon poppyseed, or pumpkin muffins? This is the only recipe you’ll need!

Read on for all of our tips on how to make the best muffins ever and get all the recipes.

Three cinnamon sugar muffins stacked on a white background with additional muffins and cinnamon sticks alongside.

What are the characteristics of a perfect muffin?

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US healthcare quality is poor because…

Consumers don’t care.

Yesterday we dove into the disconnect between patient satisfaction (my nurse was sooo nice and my room…wow!) and quality of care (how likely was I to die).

Today, we focus on how this affects our healthcare. Or, as the researchers put it;

In an era of management by satisfaction survey, how does hospital competition shape the kind of medical services offered to patients?

Leaving out the coefficients, standardized deviations, null estimates and other researchers’ esoterica, we find:

Local competition among hospitals leads to higher patient satisfaction, but lower medical quality.

Yep, because we consumers value quiet

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